Elvira Wood (born 21 September 1973 in

Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal Pongola (also known in Zulu as uPhongolo) is a town on the north bank of the Phongolo River, in a fertile valley on the N2, near the Lubombo Mountains, in the valleys of Zululand, easily accessible to the Swaziland border posts. It was part of ...

) is a South African sabre fencer. At age thirty-four, Wood made her official debut for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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, where she competed in two sabre events. She is also the wife of Mike Wood, who qualified for the men's épée at these Olympic games. For her first event, the women's individual sabre, Wood lost the first preliminary match to Canada's

Sandra Sassine Sandra Sassine (born September 28, 1979) is a Canadian fencer. She was born in Chibougamau, Quebec. She competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the women's sabre in 2008, she competed in section 3, beat ...

, with a score of 2–15. Few days later, she joined with her fellow fencers and teammates Shelley Gosher,

Jyoti Chetty Jyoti Chetty (born January 26, 1982 in Pretoria) is a South African sabre fencer. Chetty represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two sabre events. For her first event, the women's individual sabre ...

and

Adele du Plooy Adele du Plooy (born 11 October 1980) is a South African sabre fencer. Du Plooy represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two sabre events. For her first event, the women's individual sabre, du Ploo ...

, for the women's team sabre. Wood and her team, however, lost the seventh place match to the Canadian team (led by Sassine), with a total score of 16 touches.

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